About 50 people attended the meeting at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel Monday afternoon.

The sessions are being run by the French Quarter Management District, a nonelected, state-created agency, which commissioned a noise study for the neighborhood.

The studies done by FQMD wants to show that while Bourbon Street is noisy, residential areas won't be negatively impacted by the noise.

FQMD has no established bylaws governing its mission or operations, and is chaired by Robert Watters -- an owner and operator of a Bourbon Street adult establishment, and he also represents the Bourbon Business Alliance.

Two long-time French Quarter resident organizations, Vieux Carré Property Owners, Residents, and Associates Inc. and French Quarter Citizens Inc., have suspended its membership in FQMD for a number of reasons, including the current process regarding the sound ordinance on Bourbon Street.

The studies on noise are being performed by David Woolworth -- a sound specialist.

Last month, the New Orleans City Council dropped a proposed ordinance that would have required business to follow new requirements to restrict how loud their establishments can get.